Definitions
Gray Shirt: Student is recruited out of high school but delays full-time enrollment.
NCAA Eligibility Center: The organization responsible for certifying the academic eligibility for practice, competition, and financial aid of all prospective student-athletes for Division I and Division II.
National Letter of Intent (NLI): A legal, binding contract in which a student agrees to attend a college for one academic year. In return, a college agrees to provide the student with athletics related financial aid for one year. Visit www.ncaa.org for signing dates.
Quiet Period: A period of time during which a coach cannot have in-person contact with a student or his/her parents off of the college campus. The coach cannot evaluate a student during this time, but can write or telephone during quiet periods.
Recruiting Contact: Face-to-face interaction between a coach and a student-athlete or his/her parents away from the college campus, including high school competitions.
Recruiting Guidelines: Restrictions set by the NCAA and NAIA about when and how a college coach can communicate with a student-athlete. www.ncaa.org
Recruit List: Athletes the coaches at an institution are actively recruiting. Typically, a student-athlete is not added to this list until the athlete has been evaluated.
Recruiting Materials: Information sent by a member of a coaching staff to a student athlete. These include camp brochures, questionnaires and letters.
Red Shirt: A recruited athlete or a student who does not compete in any competition during a full academic year but is still part of the athletic team and plans to participate in competition in the coming years.
Revenue Sports: College sports that bring revenue to the school. These most often include men’s football and basketball, and women’s basketball, tennis, gymnastics, and volleyball.
Rolling Admissions: The process by which a student applies and receives an admission decision within two to six weeks. Applications are accepted until the incoming freshman class is filled. Most public universities and many private colleges use this timeline.
SAT II: Standardized subject tests, including math, writing, German, Biology and Chemistry, required by many colleges and universities as part of the standardized test requirements for admission. The tests are administered the same day as the SAT Reasoning test. www.sat.org
Verbal Commitment: A student verbally indicating that he/she plans to attend a college of university and play college sports. A verbal commitment is not binding, although it is a generally accepted form of commitment.
NCAA Eligibility Center: The organization responsible for certifying the academic eligibility for practice, competition, and financial aid of all prospective student-athletes for Division I and Division II.
National Letter of Intent (NLI): A legal, binding contract in which a student agrees to attend a college for one academic year. In return, a college agrees to provide the student with athletics related financial aid for one year. Visit www.ncaa.org for signing dates.
Quiet Period: A period of time during which a coach cannot have in-person contact with a student or his/her parents off of the college campus. The coach cannot evaluate a student during this time, but can write or telephone during quiet periods.
Recruiting Contact: Face-to-face interaction between a coach and a student-athlete or his/her parents away from the college campus, including high school competitions.
Recruiting Guidelines: Restrictions set by the NCAA and NAIA about when and how a college coach can communicate with a student-athlete. www.ncaa.org
Recruit List: Athletes the coaches at an institution are actively recruiting. Typically, a student-athlete is not added to this list until the athlete has been evaluated.
Recruiting Materials: Information sent by a member of a coaching staff to a student athlete. These include camp brochures, questionnaires and letters.
Red Shirt: A recruited athlete or a student who does not compete in any competition during a full academic year but is still part of the athletic team and plans to participate in competition in the coming years.
Revenue Sports: College sports that bring revenue to the school. These most often include men’s football and basketball, and women’s basketball, tennis, gymnastics, and volleyball.
Rolling Admissions: The process by which a student applies and receives an admission decision within two to six weeks. Applications are accepted until the incoming freshman class is filled. Most public universities and many private colleges use this timeline.
SAT II: Standardized subject tests, including math, writing, German, Biology and Chemistry, required by many colleges and universities as part of the standardized test requirements for admission. The tests are administered the same day as the SAT Reasoning test. www.sat.org
Verbal Commitment: A student verbally indicating that he/she plans to attend a college of university and play college sports. A verbal commitment is not binding, although it is a generally accepted form of commitment.